The Dutch papers state that in a single establishment in Voster Vick, in Guilderland, about five million pounds’ weight of the beet-root are consumed in the manufacture of sugar.

The following is a Comparative Statement of the number of Sugar Manufactories, and the Quantity of Beet-root upon which duty was paid for the Manufacture of Sugar in the Zollverein during the years ending the 31st of August, 1846 and 1847:—­

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|             |Quantity of Beet-root upon which duty
|             |was paid for the Manufacture of Sugar.
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|  Number of  |         |         |  Comparison in
Name of the State  |Manufactories|         |         | 1846-7 with the
of the Zollverein  |             | 1845-6  | 1846-7  | preceding year.
+------+------+         |         +---------+-------
|      |      |         |         | More in |Less in
|1845-6|1846-7|         |         | 1846-7  |1846-7
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Prussia       |      |      |Cwts. ** |  Cwts.  |  Cwts.  | Cwts. 
Eastern Prussia    |   2  |   2  |   12,393|   29,941|   17,548|  —­
Western Prussia    |  —­  |  —­  |    —­   |    —­   |    —–­  |  —­
Posen              |   7  |   8  |  101,422|  121,914|   20,492|  —­
Pomerania          |   5  |   4  |   89,865|  121,061|   31,196|  —­
Silesia            |  16  |  22  |  590,545|  711,632|  121,087|  —­
Brandenburg        |   3  |   3  |  140,421|  148,066|    7,645|  —­
Prussian Saxony    |  38  |  42  |2,676,084|3,547,891|  871,817|  —­
Duchies of Anhalt  |   4  |   5  |  266,345|  288,082|   21,737|  —­
Westphalia         |  —­  |  —­  |    —­   |    —­   |    —­   |  —­
Rhenish Provinces  |   2  |  —­  |    2,479|    —­   |    —­   |  2,479
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Total in Prussia   |  77  |  86  |3,879,554|4,968,587|1,079,043|
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Luxemburg          |  —­  |  —­  |    —­   |    —­   |    —­   |  —­
Bavaria, Kingdom of|   8  |   7  |   50,952|   46,142|    —­   |  4,810
Saxony,     "      |   1  |   2  |   20,887|   34,230|   13,343|  —­
Wurtemburg, "      |   2  |   2  |   59,521|  141,366|   81,845|  —­
Baden, Grand Duchy |   2  |   2  |  316,968|  328,608|   11,640|  —­
Hesse, Electorate  |   2  |   3  |   25,376|   23,529|    —­   |  1,847
Hesse, Grand Duchy |  —­  |  —­  |    —­   |    —­   |    —­   |  —­
Thuringia          |   2  |   3  |   36,127|   38,218|    2,091|  —­
Brunswick, Dukedom |   2  |   2  |   65,707|   52,796|    —­   | 12,911
Nassau, Dukedom    |  —­  |  —­  |    —­   |    —­   |    —­   |  —­
Frankfort, FreeCity|  —­  |  —­  |    —­   |    —­   |    —­   |  —­
+------+------+---------+---------+---------+-------
Total, exclusively }      |      |         |         |         |
of Prussia       }  19  |  21  |  575,538|  664,889|   89,351|